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Prairie Forecast Update: Low pushes southeast instead

By Daniel Bezte, GFM Network News July 17, 2023

The area of low pressure that was predicted to develop over central Alberta on Monday, July 17th still looks on track to develop. This will mean clouds and showers over north-central regions of Alberta late on Monday and into early Tuesday. There may be some thunderstorms overnight Monday over south-central regions. This low was originally […] Read more

Crops, Weather

Weather outlook not great for Prairie crops

U.S. northern Plains in a similar boat

By GFM Network News July 14, 2023

MarketsFarm — Just when crops across the Canadian Prairies need rain, the outlook to the end of July according to Drew Lerner of World Weather Inc. pointed to conditions getting hotter and drier. “It does not look really good at the moment. We are going to see below normal rainfall and warmer than normal temperatures […] Read more

CBOT December 2023 corn with Bollinger bands (20,2) and U.S. dollar index (black line). (Barchart)

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

U.S. grains: Corn, soy rally as focus returns to weather, dollar

Wheat traders keep one eye on Black Sea deal

By Julie Ingwersen, GFM Network News July 13, 2023

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures bounced on Thursday on bargain buying after hitting a 2-1/2-year low early in the session while soybeans rose three per cent as traders shifted their focus back to uncertain crop weather and worries about supplies, analysts said. A slump in the U.S. dollar lifted wheat as well as […] Read more

File photo of beluga whales in Hudson Bay off Churchill, Manitoba. (Lynn_Bystrom/iStock/Getty Images)

General, Weather

Prairie Forecast: Large Hudson Bay low dominates

Forecast issued July 12, covering July 12-19

By Daniel Bezte, GFM Network News July 12, 2023

As the weather models correctly predicted, a large and extremely strong area of low pressure formed over Hudson Bay during the last forecast period, bringing the expected cool and unsettled weather to the eastern half of the Prairies. Over the western half of the Prairies a weak upper-level ridging brought, for the most part, sunny […] Read more

Canadian Drought Monitor map as of June 30, 2023. (AAFC)

General, Weather

Much of Canada abnormally dry or in moderate drought

Southern Ontario among exceptions

By GFM Network News July 11, 2023

MarketsFarm — In a stretch from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans, a wide swath of Canada was contending with dryness, according to the latest report from the Canadian Drought Monitor. As of June 30, about 60 per cent of the country was abnormally dry to being in a moderate drought, with 76 per cent […] Read more

Columns, Crops, Weather

Les Henry: Climate change in our neck of the woods

We have much more to fear from cold than warm

By Les Henry July 7, 2023

Regular readers may recall my Jan. 21, 2020 column that showed monthly temperature data for Swift Current, Sask., from 1886 to 2018. That was followed by my March 24, 2020 column that included sites from North Dakota, which provided the same conclusions. Weather is the day-to-day, month-to-month and year-to-year conditions that we experience. Climate is […] Read more

CBOT November 2023 soybeans with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn drop on improved crop weather

CBOT September wheat also down

By GFM Network News July 7, 2023

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures fell on Friday as recent welcome rains across the Midwest farm belt, and forecasts for more next week, aided crops that had been suffering under an early season drought. Soybeans, which notched a four-month high on Monday, ended down 1.9 per cent for the week, while […] Read more

Grey skies over the Alberta landscape, July 2023. (Geralyn Wichers photo)

General, Weather

Prairie Forecast: Big change in weather pattern

Issued July 5, covering July 5-12

By Daniel Bezte, GFM Network News July 5, 2023

Most people have been saying that June felt like July and the weather statistics agreed. Well, if the weather models are correct, it’s looking like July will feel more like June — at least for the next forecast period. Here is the big picture before we dive into the details for each of the three […] Read more

Forecast probability of temperatures above, below and/or near normal for the period from July through September 2023, based on three equiprobable categories from 1991-2020 climatology. (Weather.gc.ca)

Crops, Weather

Dry, hot Canadian summer expected

Normal precip expected for Ontario, Quebec

By GFM Network News July 4, 2023

MarketsFarm — Warmer-than-normal temperatures are expected across all of Canada for the next three months, with average precipitation in most of the agricultural areas of the Prairies. That’s according to the latest long-range seasonal forecast from Environment Canada, released Friday. The government department calls for a 50-70 per cent chance of above-normal temperatures from July […] Read more

Mammatus-type clouds over Winnipeg on the evening of July 2, 2023. (Dave Bedard photo)

General, Weather

Prairie Forecast Update: Low lingers in Manitoba

Issued July 2, covering July 3 to 5

By Daniel Bezte, GFM Network News July 3, 2023

The overall forecast remains on track across both Alberta and Saskatchewan, so only a small update is needed for Manitoba. Across Manitoba, the area of low pressure that has been tracking across the northern half of the Prairie provinces is now forecasted to take a little longer to exit this region. The two main impacts […] Read more

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Prairie Forecast Update: Low pushes southeast instead

Weather outlook not great for Prairie crops

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Much of Canada abnormally dry or in moderate drought

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